Cameron tries to patch things up with ‘divisive, stupid’ Trump

Donald Trump was roundly denounced after he called for Muslims to be banned from the United StatesJohn Lamparski/Getty Images

David Cameron has ordered a diplomatic campaign to mend fences with Donald Trump after attacking the frontrunner in the race to become Republican presidential candidate as “divisive, stupid and wrong”.

Sir Kim Darroch, Britain’s ambassador to Washington, has been told that cultivating Mr Trump’s foreign policy advisers is an overriding priority as the billionaire businessman closes in on the nomination, according to a senior Foreign Office figure.

The order reflects nervousness in Downing Street after the prime minister’s outspoken attack in December last year when Mr Trump called for Muslims to be banned from the US.

That provoked demands that Mr Trump be banned from the UK under rules that forbid entry for hate preachers. Speaking in the House of Commons Mr Cameron said at…

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